[Hokage] One tit for another

That night in Kyuubi, Sasuke passed out.

Itachi stayed close to Sasuke, hugged him, took his chubby little hand, and kissed his face until Sasuke opened his eyes again.

Itachi didn't pay attention to what the people around him were saying.

"Nine-Tails' Chakra has affected his brain, maybe... I hope you are ready."

The doctor of the clan sighed and gave the final diagnosis.

At that time, the expressions of father and mother were blank.What followed was deep, deep grief, as if a rift had appeared in the happy family.

Something broke quietly, and no matter how hard I tried later, I couldn't put it back together.

Itachi never cared about these things, he didn't believe what the doctor said at all, he still hugged Sasuke all day long, carried this little package with him wherever he went, and babbled about every little thing every day to Sasuke.

But as time goes by little by little, some things cannot be changed even if everyone pretends that they don't exist.

Sasuke is too quiet, he is not dumb, but he is past the age of learning to speak, and he still can't speak.Children over one year old will react to what adults say, but Sasuke will not. His reaction to what many people say is only blank.

"Dad, Mom, table, chairs..."

Sasuke learned these words very quickly, but he seemed to be simply imitating them.

When Sasuke uttered the first sentence, the simple words fell apart, with a strange accent, and no one knew what he was trying to say.The plate in the mother's hand fell to the ground with a "bang", and then she covered her mouth and wept silently.The expression on the father's face seemed to freeze. After a long time, he closed his eyes and sighed deeply.

In the panic and pain of the whole family, Itachi looked at Sasuke, and the shock and bewilderment that flashed across the child's face were a bit glaring.

I don't know who spread the news, the whole Uchiha clan knew that the second son of the main family was a fool.

Sasuke's strange eyes seemed to have found a reasonable explanation.

—He is a fool.

Those dark eyes were just dull and stupid.So empty, so indifferent, it's not a symbol of the devil, it's just because the owner of those eyes is demented, so they can't reflect anything.

No one wants to admit that they are afraid of a pair of children's eyes, and no one likes to have a child who always looks at them with eyes above everything. No one will admit their timidity and smallness. They would rather attribute it all to Regarding the child's stupidity and stupidity, it seems that as long as the child is made more stupid and weaker, their cowardice can be erased.

People are always unwilling to admit their own insignificance and ignorance. They always try their best to slander everything around them in order to set off their own greatness.They only want to believe what they like, and they are not willing to accept the truth.

The people who separated the family further contributed to the spread of rumors. Gradually, the entire Konoha Village regarded the idiot of Uchiha's youngest son as a talking point after drinking and eating.

The conflict between the main family and the branch family has always existed, and the words of the children of the branch family have become more and more excessive and undisguised.It seems that as long as he speaks a little more and spreads it wider, the gap with the family can be healed.

What a mean bunch of people.

Ignorance, ignorance, insignificance, complacency, ridiculous and sad.

But the rumors outside still affected the family after all. In other words, the atmosphere at home was much heavier than those rumors outside.

No matter how little his father smiled at Sasuke, he gave up on Sasuke. Unlike Itachi, who was strict with him when he could speak, he tried his best to enlighten Itachi with easy-to-understand scrolls, taught Itachi to exercise, and guided Chu carat.He never asked Sasuke to do anything, never suggested Sasuke's existence on any occasion, and he even rarely spoke to Sasuke.

And the mother is always cautious and sad when facing Sasuke, as if she will cry if she is not careful, so she always avoids contact with Sasuke intentionally or unintentionally.

Sasuke, who became invisible at home.

I was so happy and looking forward to this child at the beginning, but now I am so disappointed.The family members carefully avoided Sasuke's problems, they didn't talk about Sasuke, and rarely contacted Sasuke, maybe because of disappointment, maybe because of sadness, or maybe, because they didn't know how to face that child.

People in the family were always coming and going, leaving Sasuke to sit alone in a corner of the room, as if he was separated from everyone else, in two different worlds, as if as long as he did this, he could pretend that none of this existed.

But Itachi didn't believe that Sasuke was a fool.

How could his younger brother be an idiot with such a lively expression and such bright eyes.

He just couldn't speak well.

Sasuke... is very smart.

Itachi sometimes feels like he has been seen through in front of his younger brother.It seemed that his younger brother could always understand what he was thinking.Then look at him with that worried look, touch him, smile at him, and comfort him in a unique way.

Itachi believed that it was not his wishful thinking.

When Itachi returned home from school again, his mother was preparing dinner in the kitchen, and his father was sitting at the table reading the newspaper. The house was very quiet, terrifyingly quiet, as if there was no other child.

Itachi saw Sasuke's young figure by the wall. The child was pawing at the gap on the floor, eyes downcast, thinking about something. He didn't cry like other children. I saw indifference and meaninglessness on my face.

The setting sun slanted in from the window, and the warm yellow light passed through the kitchen and shone on the small square table.Only the corner where Sasuke is is dark.

The junction of light and shadow is like a dividing line, dividing the home into two distinct worlds.Sasuke curled up in his independent little world, as if he would disappear in the next second.

Itachi rushed over and hugged Sasuke, holding his young brother tightly in his arms.

Itachi was a little angry. For the first time, he was dissatisfied with his parents, and wanted to yell at them for the first time.

They never thought about whether all this was fair to Sasuke.

How could they conclude that Sasuke was an idiot just because of such a superficial inspection?Didn't they see Sasuke's eyes?How could such beautiful eyes be possessed by a fool.

Don't they judge for themselves?What about their eyes?Are you all blind? !Why don't they open their eyes and take a good look at their children?Don't they see how smart and precocious Sasuke is?

Why don't they watch it?Are you afraid to watch?Still don't want to watch?

Isn't Sasuke their son?They don't believe their own son, but they believe the words of some inexplicable people.

Sasuke is really different from other kids.He is much better than other kids.

It seems that the negligence since childhood made him understand a lot at a young age.He seemed to know everything and just didn't care.It's like he doesn't care what his parents think of him.

Itachi sometimes felt that Sasuke was too tolerant, as if he could tolerate all injustices.

Or maybe it wasn't tolerance, but indifference.

Sasuke never cared about others, so he didn't care about others' attitude towards him.

No, Sasuke just spoke slowly.

Sasuke is so smart, but everyone has a weakness, and Sasuke's weakness is that he can't speak.

Inexplicably, Itachi didn't want to admit Sasuke's indifference to the world, because he was afraid that he was also in the category that Sasuke didn't care about.

So he consoled himself, clumsily deceiving himself.He hugged Sasuke even harder, never relaxing, for fear that in the blink of an eye, his younger brother would abandon the world.

Itachi began to teach Sasuke to speak more seriously, and out of that secret fear that even he didn't know, he was actually desperately increasing his connection with Sasuke.

He wants Sasuke to look at him, wants Sasuke to talk to him, and wants Sasuke to have more interactions with him, instead of him singing a monologue all by himself every day, which makes him feel that Sasuke can do it at any time. Abandon him, leave him, and disappear in the silence.

That kind of feeling is too scary, Itachi is afraid all the time, the candle he wants to protect is too light and ethereal, almost disappearing in the darkness.

Itachi tried his best to make the candle light up.

"I'm my brother, Itachi."

Itachi repeated this to Sasuke over and over again.

Sasuke remained indifferent.He didn't seem to hear Itachi's voice at all, and was completely immersed in his own world. Even just playing with his fingers was much more interesting than seeing Itachi.

Itachi knew that Sasuke could hear it, he even understood the meaning of this sentence, but he didn't say it, it was a silent rejection.

Because Itachi is not a "brother" in his mind at all, and even just an insignificant person who doesn't even need to remember his name.

"I'm my brother, Itachi."

For the thousandth time, Itachi still tried to smile and said this to Sasuke.

Itachi's response was the usual silence.

The kid didn't even want to give Itachi a look.

Itachi cried in embarrassment, not in front of Sasuke of course.

Itachi was practicing alone in the back mountain. He threw kunai like crazy, shurikens collided with each other, and ping-pong-pong scattered all over the ground.It was not until the night was dark that Itachi sat down on the ground panting, his sweat soaked his shirt, and when the wind blew it icily stuck to his body.

In a daze, Itachi felt his face was also cold, he wiped it, and sweated a lot more than expected.

——Because those were tears.

After crying, Itachi felt that he was really squeamish, he was a boy, how could he cry because of a little thing.So he hurried home, took a shower to clean up his mess, and prepared to sneak into Sasuke's room to take a look at him before going to bed.

Sasuke is too young to sleep alone, Itachi is very worried.

But unexpectedly, Sasuke was awake.

As soon as Itachi sneaked up to Sasuke's bedside, the little child opened his eyes.

"Weasel?"

The child Nuonuo's sticky, somewhat vague voice sounded with a hint of sleepiness, but the syllable was indeed Itachi's name repeated a thousand times.

In the darkness, a soft little hand stretched out, as if subconsciously grabbing the corner of Itachi's clothes.

Itachi trembled suddenly.

At that moment, Itachi seemed to hear the sound of cherry blossoms blooming. It was a splendor and splendor he had never seen before, as if all the beauty of the world gathered in this night, and they exploded like fireworks. opened.

But that feeling was very delicate, and it spread quickly through the slight weight and warmth on the corner of his clothes.

The moonlight fell into the child's eyes bit by bit, Itachi opened his eyes wide and watched, the child's pupils haloed a faint halo in the moonlight, like an angel.

"Call me brother." Itachi couldn't help begging for more.He hugged Sasuke, only felt that he had cried just a moment ago, and was going to cry again this moment, but this time it was completely different.

Itachi's begging was not answered.

But the cherry blossoms in Itachi's heart did not wither.

If you say it a thousand times, you are willing to call me "Itachi".

Well, I'll say it ten thousand times, or even a hundred thousand times, as many times as you want, call me "brother", even if it's only once.

I am your older brother, Sasuke.

"The Tsundere Observation Record Book" (also known as "The Daily Life of the Crazy Brother") by Weasel

Wednesday October 10 sunny

Today is a special day!

Sasuke called my name!I just said that I must be my brother's favorite person!This is the first time he has spoken on his own initiative!My brother was the first one to call me!

But I must forget that I secretly cried!Never let Sasuke know! (bold, underlined)

It's decided, I will repeat the sentence "I am my brother" to Sasuke [-] times tomorrow, so I can complete it [-] times in a month, Sasuke will definitely remember me!

Today I came home late from practice, Sasuke waited for me specially!Sure enough, my brother is a little angel!

I love Sasuke too!